Climate Change Awareness Promotes Peace | Discovery News

During President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Israel, he spoke of the need for peace between Jews and Arabs. Centuries of bitter animosity and bloodshed divide those two groups, but psychologists suggest raising awareness of climate change may help bring peace to the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and elsewhere.

Climate change poses a threat to the entire planet, Israelis and Palestinians included. Awareness of that shared menace can increase support for peaceful coexistence, according to Tom Pyszczynski, professor of psychology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.